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A Special Talent
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
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When you're born double-jointed, it almost feels like you were welcome into a special league. That's how I felt when I realized I could bend/contort my fingers in a strange way while disgusting those around me with my strange talents. But in the
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Delaware teen spreading awareness of tissue disorder
Wilmington :: NC :: USA | 9 days ago
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A life sentence of joint pain is not what any 17-year-old high-schooler wants to hear, but Wilmington Friends School junior Peyton Beard simply considers it her burden to bear. Beard was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome the summer before her
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Zuma Zuma totally amazing
Snohomish :: WA :: USA | 11 days ago
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Cirque Zuma Zuma, which will be presented Sunday at Comcast Arena, involves acrobats leaping between tall poles, contortionists, flexible performers doing handstands on high human pyramids and stacked chairs 20 feet high...Cirque Zuma Zuma is
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A peek into 'Derick's world'
Ukiah :: CA :: USA | 13 days ago
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In Derick's world, he wears shin guards, long sleeves and long pants; even in the summer!...In Derick's world, he has to be extra cautious and/or limit his contact with kids who don't understand. In Derick's world, he has a one-on-one aide at school,
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Red Light Variety Show presents 'Heroes and Villains'
Boise :: ID :: USA | 1 month ago
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It's a new mix of circus- and burlesque-inspired acts in a Vaudeville-style show. You'll see contortionists, jugglers, comedians, hoop, silk and belly dancers and more...Check out the pay-what-you-can preview on April 25 before the show formally
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3 decades after leaving with the circus, man back
Altoona :: PA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Pa. (AP) Thirty years ago, an Altoona man ran away to join the circus. (This week) he was back as the elephant trainer working with the massive animals in the Jaffa Shrine Circus in town all week. Chip Arthurs was 15 when he left town for his big top
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‘Ovo' Is Simply Breathtaking
Langley Park :: MD :: USA | 1 month ago
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Ovo' Is Simply Breathtaking Cirque Du Soleil are back in town with their new show Ovo' and like previous productions from the touring troupe it's theatrical perfection. Ovo' takes you into a world of insects, and within the big top your immersed into
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Big Apple Circus' aLegendarium' hits City Hall Plaza
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | 1 month ago
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For its 35th anniversary season, the Big Apple Circus's new production, Legendarium, is looking back...As ringmaster John Kennedy Kane informs us, We're going to take you back to the origins of the Big Top...The affable ringmaster's introductions
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Girl, 12, whose joints dislocate up to TEN times a day - even when she's playing the piano
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of inherited disorders that affect the connective tissues. Most types of the genetic condition affect the production of collagen, which gives tissue strength and allows it to stretch. Collagen is found in
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MPs to examine whiplash claim levels
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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MPs to investigate impact of whiplash claims Whiplash accounts for an estimated 70% of road accident personal injury claims MPs are to investigate the extent to which claims for whiplash injuries are pushing up the cost of car insurance.
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